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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7462067 | Cable-to-cable panel mount power connector An electrical connector mountable to a panel includes a dielectric housing having a plurality of contact cavities extending from a mating end to a contact loading end and arranged in rows and columns. At least one of the plurality of contact cavities includes a pola... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7445498 | Fixed seat of a socket A socket having a flange is applied to a display device. The display device has a side plate further having a combining hole to mount the socket. When the socket is mounted inside the combining hole, the flange of the socket sticks the side plate around the combinin... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7314379 | Adapter device with resilient conductive means A computer adapter such as a TV card includes a circuit board to be inserted in an expansion slot of the computer system; a signal transmission connector socket having a first end secured to the circuit board and a second end to be coupled to an external signal tran... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7137847 | Slide-to-latch panel mount connector An electrical connector includes a housing having a forward mating end and a rearward contact loading end. The housing includes first and second opposite sides. The housing is configured for insertion into a panel opening that has an inner edge. The housing is inser... | 11/21/2006 |
| 7121879 | Anti-escape socket and plug arrangement An anti-escape socket and plug arrangement used in a POS (Point of Sales) system is disclosed to include an anti-escape socket, which has a face panel, an insertion hole and multiple screw holes in the face panel, a base panel, a socket body at the base panel corres... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7108564 | Convertible plug A convertible plug includes an insulating housing having a plurality of slots, a plurality of contacts arranged in the slots respectively, a convertible member sleeved on the insulating housing in an adjustable manner, and at least one resilient member is arranged b... | 09/19/2006 |
| 7081013 | Structure of removable electrical connector For providing a removable electrical connector to be attached and removed easily without being damaged, a structure of the removable electrical connector has a receiving part, a pivoting part, an engaging and disengaging part, and a rotation allowing part. The remov... | 07/25/2006 |
| 7024767 | Method for making terminal A method for making a terminal includes forming a reinforcement enclosed around the pieces of the distal end of the terminal to combine and connect the pieces. Thus, the pieces of the distal end of the terminal are connected closely by the reinforcement to form a co... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6768860 | High density fiber optic module The invention relates to replaceable modules for use in optical fiber distribution racks. The modules according to the present invention are mounted in the distribution rack at a slight angle, which enables a simple and effective latching mechanism to connect and di... | 07/27/2004 |
| 6709288 | Electrical connector with positioning members An electrical connector (1) includes an insulative housing (2), a plurality of contacts (3) received in the housing, and two positioning members (4) mounted on opposite sides of the housing. The housing defines two recesses (28) in... | 03/23/2004 |
| 6685493 | Electric connector Electrical plug-in connector (1) for establishing an electric connection through a housing wall, especially the wall of a motor vehicle gearbox, with a pin housing (2) containing an electric plug contact (4) and a guide sleeve (3) that is detachably conne... | 02/03/2004 |
| 6648681 | Connector with retainer members attachable to panel from either front or back wall face thereof and method of attaching the connector to the panel A connector with retainer members attachable to a panel from a direction of either a front or back wall face thereof, and easily removable from the panel. The connector comprises an insulating housing having a through hole therein with connector terminals... | 11/18/2003 |
| 6637538 | Easy mount connector A connector component for fluidly or electrically connecting two or more devices to one another is constructed in such a manner that it can be repeatedly quickly and easily mounted to and subsequently separated from a connector mounting component. The con... | 10/28/2003 |
| 6411526 | Self-aligned, panel-mounted power cord set, method of manufacture therefor and an electronic equipment chassis employing the same The present invention provides for a self-aligned, panel mounted cord set, a method of manufacture therefor and an electronic equipment chassis employing the same. One end of the cord set is mounted in an aperture on a panel of an electronic equipment cha... | 06/25/2002 |
| 6368152 | Electronic equipment terminal connector and electronic equipment and electronic terminal connector unit An electronic equipment terminal connector of the present invention is to be attached to an electronic equipment chassis by inserting a portion of an insulator composed of a plurality of terminal pins linked to one another into an opening section of the e... | 04/09/2002 |
| 6106330 | Adapter housing for connectors An adapter housing for insertion into the outlet of a base product wherein the outlet is configured to receive a connector. The adapter housing includes a front wall, a top wall extending rearwardly from the front wall, and a bottom wall extending rearwar... | 08/22/2000 |
| 6095854 | Panel mounting system for electrical connectors A system is provided for mounting an electrical connector in a panel having an opening with at least one locating slot in the opening. A connector includes a housing insertable into the opening in the panel. The housing has at least one outwardly projecti... | 08/01/2000 |
| 5779500 | Snap-fit connector A hood member 12 of a snap-fit male electrical connector 10 is inserted and retained in a through hole 21 of a panel 20. A locking arm 15, having a resilient retaining claw 16 is provided on the peripheral wall face of the hood member 12. A guard 17 is fo... | 07/14/1998 |
| 5605475 | Electrical connector A male screw portion 13 is formed on the outer circumferential surface of the connector 10, a female screw 22 is formed on the inner circumferential surface of the tube 21, and the two are screwed together to prevent withdrawal. A ratchet catch projection... | 02/25/1997 |
| 5598318 | Personal computer with configurational flexibility and service features A personal computer includes a frame unit and a top cover mounted to pivot upward and outward to the rear of the system, or alternately, upward to the side. One or more DASD storage devices may be mounted to extend downward from the top cover. A planar bo... | 01/28/1997 |
| 5545852 | Arrangement for multiple cable introductions in cable sleeves An arrangement for multiple cable introductions into cable sleeves composed of a seal or end member having a plurality of cable introduction nipples characterized by the introduced cables being received in the introduction nipples and being sealed thereto... | 08/13/1996 |
| 5266052 | Circuit board hold-down fastener A circuit board fastener includes a tubular shank and a slideable expander pin which is pressed into a bore in the shank. A flange at the top seats the fastener against the member to be joined to the circuit board. The pin has an interference fit and rema... | 11/30/1993 |
| 5260678 | Fluorescent-lamp leadless ballast with improved connector A half-connector body has lateral ears that fit in small notches in the ends of the side walls of a ballast can, preferably at the top. An end wall, if present, traps the ears longitudinally in the notches; resilience of that wall, and of its attachment t... | 11/09/1993 |
| 5080610 | Apparatus for fixing a halogen lamp There is disclosed an apparatus for fixing a halogen lamp (1) characterized in that a spacer (11) of fluorocarbon resin is mounted on an insulator portion of the halogen lamp (1) and that the halogen lamp (1) is fixed to a metallic fixing member (10) thro... | 01/14/1992 |
| 5066246 | Mounting bracket for an electrical connector A bracket for an electrical connector is disclosed wherein the bracket has a body defining an opening to accommodate a portion of the electrical connector and to which is fixedly attached a plurality of stud members. The stud members each have a head port... | 11/19/1991 |
| 4895535 | Keyed mountable electrical connectors A system of keying of a panel mounted connector and a mating connector is provided where each of the connectors is of the type having forward and rearward thin walled metal shells clinched together about their flanged edges to retain a housing means there... | 01/23/1990 |
| 4743210 | Pass-through terminal arrangement A pass-through terminal arrangement to be mounted on and extended through a mounting opening of a wall of a casing in a mounted position thereof includes a plurality of terminals each of which includes a terminal housing and a current bar having a project... | 05/10/1988 |
| 4712234 | Multi-purpose modular jack connecting block A substantially rectangular modular jack connecting block suitable for use in the connection or mounting of terminal equipment using modular plugs, i.e., wall phones and the like, and including separable interior portions and add-on portions which transfo... | 12/08/1987 |
| 4407042 | Grommet assembly with panel attaching means A grommet assembly has a two-piece grommet comprising a shank and a flange at a rearward end of the shank for locating the shank in a panel aperture. The shank has a rigid projection at one side which is spaced from the flange to form a slot for receiving... | 10/04/1983 |
| 4243289 | Electrical male connector assembly An electrical male connector assembly including a header or male connector having an insulator body member and a plurality of parallel pins which project through opposite sides of the insulator body. The connector includes two separate insulator body memb... | 01/06/1981 |
| 4040699 | Female connector and escutcheon plate combined therewith for telephone equipment A plate, such as an escutcheon plate designed to overlie and cover a wall-mounted outlet receptacle, is provided with a centrally-located aperture extending therethrough which is aligned with a central cavity in a body member upon assembly. Both the apert... | 08/09/1977 |
| 3955333 | Cigar lighter clamp shell An improved clamp shell for cigar lighters is disclosed. The improvement comprises means associated with the clamp shell for automatically aligning the position of the clamp shell with respect to the cigar lighter socket to aid in assembly of the structur... | 05/11/1976 |
| 3938873 | Electrical plug mounting device for power tools A device for incorporation into the housing of a hand held power tool to locate an electrical plug body firmly in place on the housing exterior. A base of the device is firmly held within the housing by being of a corresponding shape with filler means con... | 02/17/1976 |
